Abstract Submission Process - CLOSED
The NPIAP invites you to submit an abstract for a poster presentation at our 2021 Annual Conference.
We welcome abstracts that support the NPIAP mission to improve patient outcomes in pressure injury prevention and management through education, public policy and/or research.
Note that there is no fee to submit an abstract but if your abstract is accepted, you must register for the Conference and pay the appropriate fee.
Maximum of 3 abstracts per person, each person will only be eligible for 1 award.
Please note: Product brand names should not be used in abstracts. Please only use generic names in abstracts, posters and in oral presentations (e.g., silicone five-layer foam dressing). We are also strongly emphasizing that individuals fully declare their financial obligation including in-kind services (e.g., products received, data analysis services, etc.) within their abstract application. If your poster is accepted, rules will be provided for how to handle financial disclosures and product names that may be more unique and specific.
Dates & Deadlines
- Poster abstract submission deadline: November 9, 2020 at 11:59 pm Eastern Time. Late submissions will not be accepted.
- Notification of acceptance will occur by December 11, 2020.
- If accepted, you will need to register for the conference by January 12, 2021.
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A. Categories
B. Abstract evaluation
C. Reasons for rejection
D. Steps if accepted
E. Additional guidelines
F. Submit here!
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A. Categories
We invite high quality posters that will be considered for the following 5 categories:
- Pressure Injury Clinical Research - Research on pressure injuries involving patients or data from patients with the intent to better understand the condition of pressure injuries. Types of pressure injury clinical research can include experimental, quasi-experimental, observational, or qualitative designs.
- Bench/Laboratory Research – Other laboratory-based, experiments without human subjects that help us to better understand pressure injury development or prevention.
- Case Study/Case Series - Descriptive study based on singular or grouped uncontrolled observations of patients (case series-minimum of 3) or singular report of one unusual case on an individual patient (case reports).
- Clinical Practice Guideline Implementation via Quality Improvement (QI) - Evidence of Clinical Practice Guideline implementation through a conducted QI project (typically doesn't involve extensive literature reviews and are usually specific to one facility).
- Evidence Based Practice (EBP) – Evidence of Clinical Practice Guideline implementation through a conducted EBP project (integrates the best available research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values to improve outcomes).
- Educational Strategies - Projects conducted to improve stakeholder pressure injury knowledge, ideally employing pre-post testing – education methods.
Poster abstracts will be evaluated through a blind review process using a point system on the following criterion. Note: Points are lost for lack of clarity, misspellings and poor grammar:
- Abstract is in its entirety and well organized
- Background/Significance provides a presentation of the issue
- Purpose is clearly stated
- Methodology is appropriate for the type of work presented
- Data are analyzed using proper analysis including statistical as appropriate
- Data or preliminary data must be presented clearly, concisely and support work
- Conclusions are clearly written and the data support the conclusions
- The poster contains new knowledge or corroborates previous findings
- The poster acknowledges un-answered or un-addressed questions resulting from the study
- The poster follows a logically coherent presentation path
- Overall impact value of the work to the field of pressure injuries
- Author's declaration of a financial obligation to a named product (including in-kind services) and/or to industry sponsorship
All abstract rejections are final and at this time, we do not offer an appeal process. However, below are some reasons for which an abstract may be declined. Please consider these reasons:
- Information was not unique or the abstract offered no new information / knowledge.
- Format did not follow the above guidelines
- Abstract is poorly written (misspelling, poor grammar, etc.)
- Inadequate or insufficient methodology and / or statistical analysis to support conclusions
- Summary of results was absent or inadequate
- Data or data plan was not included or promised by final presentation, or did not offer adequate support for conclusions
- Abstract lacked clarity or pertinent details
- Abstract did not provide adequate attention to all requirements (e.g. all background but no data)
- Abstract does not relate to pressure injuries or the NPIAP Mission
Accepted abstracts will be published in the Conference Proceedings and on the NPIAP Website (pending author permission).
Poster awards
Your poster may be considered for an award based on the final score it has been given by the evaluators. Awards will be presented in the following categories:
- Student - Still classified as a student on the abstract submission deadline. You will need to provide your student advisor's name and phone number.
- Young investigator - Within 5 years of degree. You need to provide your graduation date, program, and degree received.
- Best Overall - Best overall contribution to the field of pressure injury prevention and treatment.
- The Charlie Lachenbruch Award - This is a non-monetary award for industry members whose poster demonstrates contribution to the science of pressure injury prevention and treatment.
Oral presentations
Your poster may be considered to be presented on the final score it has been given by the evaluators. This process is also done by a blind, peer reviewed process by judges who are experts in the field. Generally, four posters are accepted for oral presentations. While oral presentations are presented during the conference, oral presenters are not viewed as "conference presenters."
If your poster is accepted for an oral presentation, NPIAP will send you presentation guidelines that include use of a slide template that distinguishes your presentation as a "poster award winner." You will:
- Have 10 minutes--8 to present and 2 for Q&A
- Be allowed to present 4 slides, in addition to title and financial disclosure slides
- Not be allowed to use product name brands
- Have your slides reviewed to ensure that they adhere to presentation guidelines
Poster presentation specifics
- Posters will be displayed on an e-platform, deadline to upload poster is March 1, 2020.
- This is a blind review process. Abstracts will be blind, peer-reviewed by judges who are experts in the field. Please make sure that neither author(s) name(s) nor facility affiliation(s) appear in the abstract body text.
- Each abstract will be reviewed based on specific criteria for the category in which it is placed. Therefore, it is very important for the author to select the appropriate category (see below for more details) when submitting one's abstract.
- Abstracts must be 350 words or less.
- Abstracts are brief summaries of the research conducted.
- Abstracts should contain a purpose, methods, results, and conclusion. Instead of stating that "results will be presented..." state the actual results.
- Abstracts that do not include preliminary or final results but are promised by final presentation will be accepted on a contingency basis only. If results are not available at the conference presentation, the poster will not be displayed.
- References are optional but strongly encouraged. Please limit references to the 5 most pertinent citations.If your abstract is selected, we will provide you with information for how to incorporate more references into your poster presentation.
- Product brand names cannot be used in abstracts. Please only use generic names in abstracts, posters and in oral presentations (e.g., silicone five-layer foam dressing).
- We are also strongly emphasizing that individuals must fully declare their financial obligation including in-kind services (e.g., products received, data analysis services, etc.) within their abstract application. If your poster is accepted, rules will be provided for how to handle financial disclosures and product names that may be more unique and specific.
- We will accept industry-sponsored research but please distinguish whether it is industry-initiated vs. investigator-initiated.
- We will accept research from our industry partners but we will not be able to consider these posters for an award.
Make sure you have first read all of the above terms & conditions.
- Click here to go to the log in page.
- Under New Users, click 'Join Now' to begin your first submission.
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